A 3-day weekend and a sub-freezing forecast inspire big batches of warming food in the Glover Gardens kitchen.

A gallery of beautiful hibiscus to remember what it’s like when it’s not the dead of winter, and a poem about hibiscus dreams and springtime memes.

Today’s January dreaming post is about the very simple but enormously satisfying routine of having pre-dinner appetizers in our backyard space called the Tree House (with food pics!).

4 poems about snow. Snow can be fun. Snow can be dangerous. Make a snowball, but don’t throw it at your Mom. Snow is a metaphor for lost love. Become a snow angel, not an avenging angel.

There will be repercussions: lawsuits and hearings, accusations and resignations, and perhaps, at long last, legislation and regulations.

I learned to make Chicken and Dumplings from a stellar recipe in Epicurious that was recommended by a colleague. Winter demands comfort food!

Empathizing with the folks in Moscow for their sunless situation. They’re taking it better than I would. I salute them with a haiku.

Glover Gardens response to the weekly photo challenge, What Does Silence Look Like, from The Daily Post.

Brrrrr!  It’s hunker down time here in Southeast Texas where harsh Lady Winter (actually “Winter Storm Inga”) has found us and seems to be settling in for a good long visit. We had hail and snow and sub-freezing weather all day today, which is confusing…

Haiku about a true love for Colorado in winter.

The Texas Gulf Coast and its brown pelicans inspired a haiku.

A cold snap in Southeast Texas forces a moonlight citrus harvest and inspires a haiku.

I am in love with our little cabin in central Colorado.  “Little House in the Rockies” inspires me to create recipes, snap photos, write essays, poems and haiku, birdwatch…in general, to revel in nature and absorb its beauty and regenerative spirit. Here’s one from a…